, I want to welcome you to HomeSchoolPiano. The lessons are broken into 4 courses: CorePiano and Levels 1, 2, and 3.
Be patient. It takes most students a couple of years to complete HomeSchoolPiano. If you get stuck, join me in coaching and I'll be happy to help!
To get started, I would suggest:
See you in the lessons!
~Willie
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Click Here To UpgradeHomeSchoolPiano has been designed to be extremely user friendly, and the program is structured as such:
If you want to reach out to me via email, click on the 'help' icon in the bottom right of the page. Or, email me at support@jazzedge.com.
I do not answer music related questions via email for two reasons:
Group Coaching is held every other Thursday* and is the place for HomeSchoolPiano members to ask for advice on their playing. During coaching, students submit a video of their playing via chat.
Am I at the right level for coaching?
How do I submit my video for feedback?
Video submission details:
Is there a replay of coaching?
Do I need to join every session? What happens if I miss a session?
*schedule subject to change, please always check the calendar for updated dates and times.
It is normal to be nervous to participate in coaching. So, let me put your mind at ease.
Coaching is easy-going and fun. Students on the coaching session are really helpful and supportive of one another. If a student wasn't, they would get booted off the session by me.
I've never had to remove a student from coaching. Everyone is supportive!
If you're nervous to begin coaching, try joining a session and just watch the first few times to get a feel for the session.
Remember, you do not need to share your camera or audio during the session if you don't want to. Sometimes students join in while doing other things so they turn off their camera and just watch and listen to the session.
Having worked with hundreds of students in coaching, I have the unique perspective of being able to see just how much online, real time coaching helps students to improve their playing.
No. The coaching is all-inclusive. Students of all levels are welcomed to participate in the live coaching sessions.
Why? Well, I used to have different coaching sessions for different levels but I found that I was answering the same questions in each group. I also found that even though a student was advanced (or a beginner) that they benefited from hearing my responses to other students...even if the material were too easy or hard.
For these reasons I've found coaching with all levels to work extremely well, and now that I've been doing coaching this way for over 5 years I've found students are making incredible progress in their playing.
Office Hours are held most Wednesdays* and are a great opportunity for anyone to ask me a music-related question LIVE. The same Zoom software is used to connect to Office Hours.
Group Coaching is held every other Thursday* for HomeSchoolPiano members to ask for advice on their playing. During coaching, students submit a video of their playing (See "How Coaching Works" below) and I give them feedback on how to improve their performance and what to practice next.
Coaching is the only time that I give feedback on a student's playing. In other words, I don't accept student videos during Office Hours, only during coaching. Office Hours are for general music questions, help with the site, etc. Coaching is for help with your playing.
*schedule subject to change, please always check the calendar for updated dates and times.
HomeSchoolPiano is designed to take absolute beginners up to an intermediate playing level. This means, after completing HomeSchoolPiano, students can read music, improvise, create their own compositions and have an improved ear and theory knowledge.
After completing HomeSchoolPiano, I suggest that you move on to my full Jazzedge program which will serve you for years and years to come.
Some adults students study at both HomeSchoolPiano and Jazzedge simultaneously. However, I would encourage most students to be patient and work through the lessons at HomeSchoolPiano before diving into Jazzedge to avoid getting overwhelmed.